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THE GUV'NOR Peter Gatling
Following the advent of the smoking ban, the subject of food is on every licensee's lips. I have been in many pubs in my time - some that serve good food and many that do not. It is, therefore, time for us all to take stock of what we put ...
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Poll: smoking ban has negative effect
Six out of 10 licensees say the smoking ban has had a negative effect on business, according to an online poll.The poll, run by property agent Fleurets, asked: "What effect has the smoking ban had on your business - positive or...
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Smoke-ban plans frustrated
While it is still too early to assess the overall effect of the smoking ban, there are indications of frustration, even among non-smoking licensees, that their honest attempts to cater for their customers are being blocked, for no good...
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Smoking ban wears thin
An unexpected side effect of the ban on smoking in pubs is arising from the break-out of "the Wigan Traipse" - and now staff in a number of the town's bars are asking customers to pick up their feet.Smokers are clocking up around 250...
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Wholesalers say... smoking ban won't hit profits
'Impact is negligible' Buying group?We are not unduly worried by the smoking ban in England and this is mainly based on the experience of our Scottish wholesalers. In Scotland, sales to traditional CTNs suffered a decline as...
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Wholesalers say smoking ban won't hit profits - Reader Survey
Source: Email poll of wholesalers The UK's leading wholesalers are not worried about the impact of the workplace smoking ban introduced in England on 1 July, according to the results of our latest email poll. Eighty-eight per cent of respondents say...
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Reader survey - smoking ban
The UK's leading wholesalers are not worried about the impact of the workplace smoking ban introduced in England on 1 July, according to the results of our latest email poll.Eighty-eight per cent of respondents say they are not concerned...
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Ban on 10-packs 'will mean more smoking'
A ban on the sale of cigarette 10-packs - introduced in the Republic of Ireland to discourage young people from taking up smoking - will backfire, a leading tobacco company has warned. Experience abroad suggested cigarette sales would...
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Signs of the times rake in the dough
The introduction of the smoking ban in England last Sunday proved manna from heaven for Rainbow Safety, a manufacturer of No Smoking signs.The Wolverhampton-based company says orders have swelled from 500 a month to 8,500 as businesses...
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In Brief: Fags are cheesy; Carbon roadmap; Morrisons milk
Fags are cheesy Eating dairy products can help people stop smoking, according to research published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research. Scientists found foods such as cheese or yoghurt made cigarette smoke taste much worse. Carbon roadmap
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The obesity crisis: when did it start?
Is it possible to tie down the origins of the UK's obesity crisis to a single date or set of circumstances - and what does the exercise teach us?Cheltenham Science Festival last week taught me a new party game: the debate over which date...
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Are you ready for a smoke-free world?
No-smoking signs are going up in pubs, offices and shops across the country. Adverts are appearing on TV, in newspapers and at bus and train stations. With just two weeks to go before the ban on smoking in public places comes into force in...
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EU plans cash support for school fruit and veg
The School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme could get a multimillion pound boost from Brussels in an effort to stamp out child obesity.EU agriculture commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel told journalists last week she was considering spending up...
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Reduced-fat foods could put children at risk from obesity
There is growing evidence that cutting fat levels in food could create an obesity timebomb in kids, it was claimed this week.Results from a study into the diets of very young infants - presented to the EU's Childhood Obesity Programme...
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'Naturally obese' - another excuse?
I bet many food industry sceptics about obesity breathed a sigh of relief at last week's announcement that a genetic link to obesity has been found. But don't get too excited! Make no mistake, this was an important and unexpected...
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The government, too, must get off the sofa
Just six months ago the Healthy Living Social Marketing Programme was launched with a seven-point plan to halt the rise in obesity among children under 11 by 2010. It detailed a range of eye-catching initiatives, from increasing the provision...
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"We're back to pushing 5-a-day and 10 Top Tips for Mums. A £7bn problem reduced to an anorexic pamphlet"
On Tuesday, I thought the government was at last thinking along joined-up lines in the obesity debate. A bonkers study conducted at a Plymouth hospital, which suggested that the amount of exercise children undertake had nothing to do...
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Retailers say... ban won't hit tobacco sales
?I don't think the ban on smoking in public places will affect sales of tobacco because many people are addicted and the top priority in their life is to have a cigarette. Any impact will be marginal. There is an overwhelming case to simplify...
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Why not just get more exercise...
Government efforts to tackle obesity by singling out some foods are confusing the public, according to a Tory MP.Shadow tourism minister and former nurse Anne Milton said fat people should simply eat less and exercise more to lose...
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"Like it or lump it, the government acted on behalf of the lumps. Fair enough"
Whatever you might think about the government's one-eyed approach. However you might feel about the FSA's failure to build a consensus. Whatever your views on the obvious flaws of the model itself. Something had to be done about the obesity...